in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
kybernetischer |
1. adj. form of kybernetisch | |
kybernetisch |
1. adj. cybernetic | |
Sicht |
1. n-f. view | |
2. n-f. sight | |
3. n-f. visibility | |
4. n-f. point of view, aspect | |
Aus der Sicht des Marketings war die Veranstaltung ein Erfolg. - From a marketing point of view, the event was a success. | |
wird |
1. v. third-person singular present of werden | |
werden |
1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no | |
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Auto |
1. n. car | |
Das ist das Auto meines Vaters. - That is my father’s car. | |
einerseits |
1. adv. on the one hand | |
gesteuert |
1. Participle. past participle of steuern | |
2. adj. controlled, steered, guided | |
steuern |
1. v. to steer, to navigate, to pilot | |
2. v. to govern, to direct, to head | |
3. v. to control | |
4. v. to operate | |
indem |
1. conj. by (indicates a means) | |
Thomas hat das Geld verdient, indem er Limonade verkauft hat. - Thomas earned the money by selling lemonade. | |
der |
1. art. the | |
2. art. feminine singular of der | |
3. art. genitive plural of der | |
4. pron. who; that; which | |
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
Fahrer |
1. n-m. (agent noun of fahren); driver (person) | |
einen |
1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
4. pron. singular of einer | |
5. pron. plural of einer | |
6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
frei |
1. adj. free; unenslaved; unimprisoned | |
2. adj. free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious | |
3. adj. unblocked; free for passage | |
4. adj. independent; unaffiliated | |
5. adj. (with von) free of (not containing or unaffected by) | |
6. adj. (not freely applicable) liberal | |
7. adj. (not freely applicable; see usage notes) free of charge, gratis | |
gewählten |
1. adj. form of gewählt | |
gewählt |
1. Participle. past participle of wählen | |
2. adj. chosen, elected | |
3. adj. choice | |
4. adj. refined, elegant | |
Ort |
1. n. place, location, point, position | |
vor Ort. - on site. | |
2. n. place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town | |
3. n. (metonymically) the collective of inhabitants of such a settlement | |
4. n. (geometry) locus, point i, plural Örter | |
5. n. (Swiss, dated) canton i, plural Orte; also neuter | |
6. n. (obsolete) end, limit | |
7. n. (mining) end of a shaft or adit | |
8. n. (dated, or dialectal) awl | |
9. n. (obsolete) point (of a weapon), tip | |
10. n. (obsolete, or historical) quarter of various units of measure: | |
11. n. (numismatics) of a Reichstaler (coin) | |
(synonyms, Ortstaler) | |
12. n. * 1592, Müntz Spiegel, Das ist: Ein New und Wol außgeführter Bericht von der Müntz, deren anfang, Materia, Form, Korn, Schrot, Wehrt, mannigerley art, S | |
13. n. *: (quote, Sonst seyn andere Gülden Real, von Keyser Carlln und jetzigem Könige von Spanien, halbe und heile, die gantzen zu 2. Thalern und ein Ort, die | |
14. n. of a Quent (unit of mass) | |
15. n. of a Kanne, Pfanne, Maß (unit of volume) | |
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und |
1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
erreicht |
1. Participle. past participle of erreichen | |
2. v. third-person singular present of erreichen | |
3. v. second-person plural present of erreichen | |
4. v. plural imperative of erreichen | |
erreichen |
1. v. to reach, to catch, to accomplish | |
anderseits |
1. adv. then again, on the other hand | |
Aber |
1. n. an objection, a but | |
2. conj. but; however; though | |
Ich mag keine Orangen, aber ich mag Äpfel. - I don't like oranges, but I like apples. | |
3. adv. (obsolete, except in compounds) again | |
4. adv. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect | |
Das ist aber teuer. - That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought. | |
Du bist aber groß geworden! - Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child) | |
5. adv. nonetheless, nevertheless | |
Auch |
1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
geregelt |
1. Participle. past participle of regeln | |
2. adj. regulated | |
regeln |
1. v. to regulate | |
2. v. to control (to adjust an apparatus) | |
3. v. to take care of, to deal with, to see to (errands, a situation, a small task) | |
indem |
1. conj. by (indicates a means) | |
Thomas hat das Geld verdient, indem er Limonade verkauft hat. - Thomas earned the money by selling lemonade. | |
Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
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gemäss |
1. adj. (SLDE) standard spelling of gemäß | |
2. prep. (SLDE) standard spelling of gemäß | |
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möglichst |
1. adv. as much as possible | |
2. adv. preferably | |
genau |
1. adj. exact | |
2. adv. just, exactly | |
Z |
1. Letter. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the German alphabet. | |